Publications

Pay To Play: The Effect Of The Brine Conservation Act’s Statutory “In-Lieu” Royalty Provision On The Long-Term Economic Viability of Arkansas’s Brine-Lithium Industry

Summer 2024 by Tyler C. Gillespie | In her remarks delivered at the 2023 Energy Council Meeting held on September 15, 2023, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed…

Preserving Nature: A Guide To Arkansas’s Conservation Use Easements

Spring 2024 by J. Cliff McKinney II | The Natural State has vast natural resources, including an array of state parks, wildlife management areas and refuges, and national…

An Introduction To Digital Assets And A Summary Of The 2022 Amendments To The Uniform Commercial Code

Summer 2024 by David A. Gardner | The rise of digital assets, assets that lack tangibility and exist solely online, created an urgent need for new laws covering…

AI: A Cautionary Tale For Non-Lawyers

Summer 2023 By S. Katie Calvert | Lately, it can be difficult to find common ground.  Most of us, however, would agree with this: attorneys are expensive. Artificial…

UCC Amended To Accommodate Digital Commerce

Summer 2023 by David A. Gardner | The Uniform Law Commission and American Law Institute amended the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in 2022 to accommodate digital asset transfers…

Roll Call: Report or Face the Consequences – What the Corporate Transparency Act Means for Your Business

August 2023 by Michael B. Crosby and Dalton B. Swindell | The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will lift the veil over previously undisclosed ownership information of business entities…

Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act: Key Information For Lenders

May 2022 by Ann Carol Farmer | On March 15, 2022, the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”) was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations…

A Report From The 2021 National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws

Winter 2022 by J. Cliff McKinney II | “The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) held its 130th annual National Conference via a hybrid method of in-person meetings in Madison,…

Arkansas’s New LLC Act: Practical Steps for Lenders

Winter 2022 by Robbi R. Rosenbaum | The review of organizational documents of entities is a critical element of risk management in underwriting any loan.  With many LLCs…

Chambers US Regional Real Estate Guide 2021 – Arkansas

June 2021 by Timothy W. Grooms, J. Cliff McKinney II, Jeb H. Joyce, Scott M. Lar and Robbi R. Rosenbaum | Timothy W. Grooms, J. Cliff McKinney II,…